Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam’s courtroom drama HAQ set for November 7 release: Report

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Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam are teaming up for the first time in director Suparn Varma’s upcoming film HAQ, a hard-hitting courtroom drama inspired by one of the most debated cases in India’s legal history. According to a report by Pinkvilla, the film takes inspiration from the landmark Supreme Court judgement in the Shah Bano vs Ahmed Khan case, which triggered nationwide conversations on personal laws and women’s rights. Produced by Junglee Pictures in association with Insomnia Films and Baweja Studios, the project is said to delve into themes that promise to stir strong public discourse. A source quoted in the report revealed, “HAQ has been produced by Junglee Pictures in association with Insomnia Films and Baweja Studios. It is inspired by the landmark Supreme Court judgement of Shah Bano vs Ahmed Khan – a case that shook the nation. The exact details have been kept under wraps, but the controversial theme and the courtroom proceedings have the potential to stir a public discou...
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Old Man review – wilderness horror as cranky codger faces off with mysterious hiker

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Lucky McKee’s psychological horror starring Stephen Lang feels inauthentic and flat

Here is an unexceptional psychological horror from director Lucky McKee that feels dated and clunky, with some fairly ropey acting – or maybe that is down to the shaky lines put into the actors’ mouths. It only comes alive after a freaky plot twist at the end, but even that left the hairs on the back of my neck unprickled, the carpet under my feet unpulled.

Stephen Lang plays a cranky codger known only as Old Man who lives in the remote Smoky Mountains wilderness. The set design of his wooden cabin is distractingly inauthentic; it’s like an Ikea store display that has been done up in hicksville chic. Old Man has woken up in a filthy temper; first his dog, Rascal, pees on the floor, and then there is a knock at the door. Old Man shoves his shotgun into the face of the stranger standing outside. “Do as I say, or you’ll end up like her,” he growls, jabbing the gun at a stuffed wildcat on the wall.

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